This Belgian drama mostly takes place aboard an aeroplane. As the series opens we see various characters boarding a flight that is scheduled to fly from Brussels to Moscow. Just before departure an armed Italian soldier forces his way aboard and orders the crew to fly west... anywhere west; the further the better. He claims that something has happened to the sun which is causing anybody in daylight to die. Whether he is right or not they have little choice but to obey. They can't stay in the air forever; they will have to find suitable places where they can land, refuel/restock and take off before sunrise. That won't be the only problem; there will inevitably be problems with the plane and tensions between those on board.
This series got off to a good start and thanks to its relatively short episodes, which tended to have single episode problems as well as the main background story, kept things tense and didn't give the viewer time to worry about certain unlikely details. As one might expect the plane, which was far from fully loaded, contains a wide cross-section of people... we even have the cliché of the sick child on his was to emergency medical treatment; this might not exactly be realistic but it serves dramatic purposes as tensions rise. The effects are okay although we didn't need so many shots of the plane flying over what appears to be a major city, especially as the plane is meant to be flying over largely uninhabited areas. Overall I'd still recommend this, despite flaws it is tense and as the final episode of the first season ended I was very pleased to learn the next season starts in less than two weeks.
These comments are based on watching the series in French with English subtitles.
This series got off to a good start and thanks to its relatively short episodes, which tended to have single episode problems as well as the main background story, kept things tense and didn't give the viewer time to worry about certain unlikely details. As one might expect the plane, which was far from fully loaded, contains a wide cross-section of people... we even have the cliché of the sick child on his was to emergency medical treatment; this might not exactly be realistic but it serves dramatic purposes as tensions rise. The effects are okay although we didn't need so many shots of the plane flying over what appears to be a major city, especially as the plane is meant to be flying over largely uninhabited areas. Overall I'd still recommend this, despite flaws it is tense and as the final episode of the first season ended I was very pleased to learn the next season starts in less than two weeks.
These comments are based on watching the series in French with English subtitles.